Karen, autumn is my favorite season and Thanksgiving my favorite holiday. We hope to share it with some of the children & grands. I remember when everyone was young and our table was blessed with everyone around it. Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures with us!

Oct. is my fav month but you have me looking at Nov. differently now! Love all the pics and I love the falling leaves also. We are just now starting to get a tad bit more color than just the yellow. I love the colors. Pumpkin pie for breakfast? I could do that...love pumpkin pie and seriously thinking of that squash soup. Never had it, never made it....but loving the sound of it.

So many beautiful vignettes to love in your neck of the woods, Karen. The falling Fall leaves are gloriously hued, aren't they. My, your trick-o-treat bags are rather delightful, how fun. Good on you for looking for that silver lining on each dark cloud; a necessity these days. As ever, my lingering walk through your Home Sweet Home has put a smile in my day, lovely lady.

Beautiful, especially those stripy clouds. Over here, it hasn't been a very colourful Autumn as the weather has been too warm and leaves have shrivelled up on the trees and looked a bit of a mess. Only the ornamental ones have put on a good show. x

Well if I didn’t like November I certainly do now. Oh I would so love pop round to your home for a November natter; it would be so cosy I’m sure :) Love your grandson's outfit, so cute. I’m looking out of my window now and fully appreciating November. Thank you. B x

What a lovely post Karen. I now have feel a warm happy glow inside. It's great to cuddle up in front of the telly and watch an old romantic movie and shed a few tears now and again.Never had coffee with whipped cream. I had better not let my husband read this post as he's a sucker for his whipped cream and hot chocolate!Your Grandson looks super and I imagine that he thoroughly enjoyed his Halloween and all of those delicios treats. Your spider fastener is a brilliant touch!Enjoy your sweet November and I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous snaps. Hugs from us xx

You’re so right Karen...every season has its jewels if we only look for them, and you most certainly have found November’s in a big way :). Not sure what I would add to that list other than to say now that we’re in N.C. we can finally have a bon fire. It’s been a bit too warm otherwise. Time to pick up some marshmallows.

Thanks for all the great reminders of what makes November special. Taking steps already! Great milestones! What a little cutie. Love the bags you made. A great comforting meal for your family. Chicken Pot Pie, yum! It was nice this year that Trick or Treating was dry instead of wet. I don't think I can add anything to your list except for soccer playoffs. :) I'm heading to Century Link field tonight for a Sounders game against Vancouver with my son and DIL. Happy November to you and yours!

Oh Beatrice, you are so durn funny. Well, that hairbrained idea I had about the food blog just was that... a hair brained idea and I am going to close it down. Glad you are back on my Living Life one. Love you, girl.

Hello Dear Karen, there's nothing wrong at all with putting on your rose-coloured glasses... they're needed more and more as we all do the best we can in this life. Thank you once again for another of your dear posts brimming with everything there is to love about family, cooking and the beautiful outdoors. Isn't it nice having favourite films that spark that little ping of happiness whenever we watch them. Love Actually is mine, I still get choked up in some parts ;D) Your treats for the night of trickery are gorgeous and I can imagine the joy on the face of your sweet grandchild and the other children who received those lovely goodie bags.Cheers Karen, have a great weekend and with my warmest good wishes, Sue xx

I cannot think of a thing to add to your list! I must admit that November is my least favorite month because it usually means cold rain or snow, the trees are bare and brown and my favorite month is in the past. After this post I will have to re-think things! The November sky is so pretty now but I am still waiting to wear that cozy sweater. It was 68 degrees here today!

Your grandson is so adorable! :-) I really enjoyed this post and all the beautiful fall photos. It is my favorite time of year. Also when my husband and I first started dating 27 years ago! So it has lots of special memories for me. /it's in the high 70's here so not feeling too much like fall yet, lol. But the leaves are sure beautiful. Have a wonderful weekend!

Dearest Karen,Love your post but it does not resonate with my November as life will change so drastic...Not a Thankful Thursday for us... This morning I was up after only being 4 hrs in bed, not sleeping really well, too much racing through my mind.We had to be at same day surgery by 7:00 AM and only I had breakfast, Pieter had to fast for his catheterization to find out what the leaking heart valve was all about that caused his heart's output to be only 27%, down from his usual 40% after his quadruple bypass + stent placed in his neck.After 2 long hours the cardiologist came into the room where I was waiting for Pieter to return. He said, no I'm looking for Mr. Vedder's party, that's not you. Yes, I said, that IS my husband. He started with showing me a sketch from his heart and letting a waterfall of words come down upon me really non-stop. He also said something about 'his age', which really hit me hard and hurt my heart! There is nothing what we can do for him, no stent placed and no surgery can do anything for him. Only more medication and we will start doing that.It felt to me like getting the death penalty, with or without some delay... but still the very same, strong verdict. I was speechless and also stunned about the hurry he had for delivering yet another verdict to the next 'lucky' recipient. It darned on me that he was on a tight schedule where time only is money. But he just had scattered my entire American Dream... how would life look like bing on my own?! Good thing was that our foster daughter Anita from Indonesia was with me via WhatsApp, she wanted to make a video call but the WiFi never allowed us to see each other... or each other's tears. I got my Pieter back home on November the 2nd and picked up all the meds at WalMart. Living in a kind of a daze... We're in over time and in God's hand!Hugs,Mariette

Dearest Karen,Thank you but I've not received any mail... You probably used the old business email that I've already cancelled for years due to unbelievable spam through that system. On gmail.com it just is m.vedder2014 and that is the year I've changed.Hugs,Mariette

Halloween was a very low key affair around us, only a few days after the late kings funeral. I'm living in a country where every month is a new experience for me. I've never had a November in Thailand and I would yearn for the smell of autumn and falling golden leaves, but that doesn't work in November in Australia so I guess I'm just seasonally confused! To date here in Bangkok, there is some reduction in humidity and no rains for which we sing a big yippee!Have a lovely weekend.Wren x

You summed up November beautifully. I don't like the cold weather but I do love the beautiful colors of the changing seasons. There is always something to be grateful for. Beauty is all around us if we take the time to stop and see.xx Beca

Finding cozy things to do inside sums up November for me! Especially this November, lol, as we have just received our first snowstorm of the year, with about 10" of snow, and another snowstorm on the way. I absolutely adored all the gorgeous pictures you shared of fall in your home, and your beautiful driveway! I enjoyed your thoughts of finding joy in things that aren't as easy at first glance to be thankful about. I find that joy and sorrow seem to walk hand in hand most often, and there is always a bit of bittersweet in every situation. I choose to look for the joy, and the sweet, just as you have, it makes the bitter less, I think :) It is really all in perspective, and you have certainly turned November thoughts into a beautiful thing! Dear Karen, I hope you have a lovely weekend, much love to you :)

Gorgeous Autumn post, love all the fall pictures to go with your likes for the season! Your little grandson is just the sweetest in his costume, they do grow way too fast and I bet he just loved the treats you had waiting for him :) I think you touched on most of the things about this time of year, and some I hadn't thought of or done :) I love the crunch of the leaves when walking through the woods and the fun of a corn maze and like you said the last burst of beautiful color God gives to us just before a hard winter sets in, enjoy!

I loved the way you immersed me in all the beauty of November. Here in south Florida it means the onset of the dry season and goodbye to hurricanes until next year. No cold noses, falling leaves or wood smoke!

Karen, your grandson is darling. Yes, November is such a wonderful month, isn't it? That's so nice that you made chicken pot pies for the family. I love those. Your deck is so pretty with the falling leaves. It rained here yesterday too! I love many of the same things you mentioned here in November...the flannels, the sweaters, the evergreen trees, but I've never had coffee with whipped cream and a touch of cinnamon or nutmeg. And I must make those baked apples with butter and brown sugar soon.

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